Why was I required to "move" my license to a laptop I have been using Toolbox on for 4 years?

Discussion in 'Parallels Toolbox for Windows' started by RayP1, May 5, 2024.

  1. RayP1

    RayP1 Bit poster

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    When one of my occasional needs arose to use a Toolbox task, I found my laptop's Toolbox instance was not signed in. (This is stupid, but not uncommon, as I have seen this happen after an update.) When attempting to sign in with my purchased license key, the prompt I received made it clear that my license was in use on another machine. I was able to select the option that allowed this license to be activated here and now, however this is a scenario that should never have occurred. Clearly, something in your process has decided that my fully licensed instance is not actually present anymore. Even now, with the license active and working, each time I open the Toolbox I am confronted with the same prompt. What kind of sophomoric BS is this?

    Further, for a licensed product with an active subscription, the only way to address this issue is to ask your other customers, because you cannot be bother to run a real Support operation. Rather, you use Social Media sites, which I know (sadly) from prior experience do not work well at all in the first place (lousy support staff and poor response time), and are worse now because you have chosen 2 social media sites I do not now (and never will again) use.

    All I can do is document for the record what a transparently amateur operation you have, in the hope that others may at least be aware of the shortcomings that you charge actual money for.
     
  2. Adeboye Adeotan

    Adeboye Adeotan Staff Member

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    Hello Ray,

    We apologize for the delayed response and the inconvenience you faced.

    Firstly, we have deactivated your license on your computer to observe if this issue replicates and you will be required to log in again.

    Secondly, we observed that you are currently running version 6.6.1 on your Mac and advise that you update to the latest version 6.6.2 by following the steps below:
    Click the Parallels Toolbox icon (See screenshot) > Settings (Gear) icon > Check for updates

    Lastly please collect a Technical report for our investigation.
    To do this, reproduce the issue and collect a technical report (click the Parallels Toolbox icon > Settings (Gear) icon > Help > Send technical data > check "Attach screenshots..." > press Send Report) and send the report's 9-digit ID in reply to this post.
     

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